<p>Try running the numbers through this calculator [FinAid</a> | Calculators | Award Letter Comparison Tool](<a href=“Your Guide for College Financial Aid - Finaid”>Award Letter Requirements - Finaid) so that your daughter has a better idea of how the SUNYs compare to the privates. A lot does depend on how easy it would be for your family to pay the rest of the costs. </p>
<p>Since she is considering teaching, she may want to run the various places past the principal and/or favorite teachers in the grade levels that interest her. They will be able to tell her which institutions produce teachers who are classroom-ready, and which places are most likely to help her get that critical first teaching job. She should make certain that wherever she does choose to study has a program that gets her into the classroom early, and often. That will help her determine whether she really does want to teach or not.</p>
<p>Teaching is an honorable, but not particularly well-remunerated profession. Macaulay for free including housing for the first two years looks pretty good - at least for those first two years!</p>